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I say this regularly, but here I go again…#libraries are a lifeline to parents of young kids, the elderly and those on low incomes. They are a place where you can exist and learn for free.
#Tories think no one dies when a library closes…but their absence hits right to the heart of communities.
And yes #Labour run councils have shut libraries too…due to austerity.
Around 2,000 jobs were cut, and the most deprived areas were four times more likely to lose a library than the richest, according to a BBC reportElla Creamer (The Guardian)
Last winter when our town was hit with a major power failure two days before Christmas, and it took more than 24 hours to get power back to some houses, there were exactly two places open with heat where people could go for free:
the public library, and a church that allegedly had a heat-shelter open in the back, but no one answered the phone there when I called to verify.
It's not our main purpose, but libraries are an important fallback for a lot of things.
In the UK during the energy and cost of living crisis libraries have been dedicated ‘Warm Spaces’ where people can stay warm during the day because they can’t afford to heat their homes. It’s this or riding the buses all day with their bus passes for pensioners in winter. Despite now having a Labour government there is no sign of improvement on this front with the energy price cap set to rise by 10% in October.
One of the recently replaced Glasgow Subway trains in the Riverside Museum. Is there a name for the slightly uneasy feeling you get when you realise a once familiar everyday object is now only to be found in museum collections?
#glasgow #subway #glasgowsubway #transportmuseum #riversidemuseum
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 users will not be able to uninstall the controversial "Recall" feature, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise.Hilary Ong (DMR News)
tempted to actually publish and start using this because I've seen a fair share of opensource abuse out there.
Just because I opensource my code, doesn't mean I want random crackheads on chatgpt submitting """""""code"""""""" with absolute zero knowledge of what's actually happening, just because they want to write 'opensource contributions' on their resume. Not to mention actual abuse and random people trying to redo a project because they have some vision on it (then GO AND BUILD YOUR OWN)
i'm probably preaching to the choir, but it pisses me off that huge multinational corporations have successfully swindled the general public that personal environmentalism (eg recycling, going vegan, not using gasoline powered cars) is gonna save the planet when they (the corps) are the ones who've been destroying it for decades.
this is inspired by microsoft ending support for windows 10 next year despite windows 11 needing beefier specs and closing off methods for unsupported machines to run it (apple does something similar too) and 3g towers being shut down here in australia when a percentage of the population 1) lives/works in areas that 4g and 5g barely support and 2) can't afford a new phone.
FEELGOOD:
"Boy who broke 3,500-year-old artefact welcomed back to museum"
Boy gifts museum a clay vase of his own after he accidentally broke the rare jarAlisha Rahaman Sarkar (The Independent)
Learn how to manage memory manually, or how to write assembly. Write a compiler, or a web browser.
Learn how to repair your hardware when it breaks, and how to fix your software when the authors don't care to.
Teach yourself how to write, or draw, or sing, or whatever it is that you wish you knew.
You don't have to do any of this, of course - but if you're not going to, it should be because you don't want to, not because you've been lied to.
The hardest step is to admit that you are capable.
This is neat
A *staggering* view of Mars that you VERY much want to see. And it even has a case of phobobombing.
https://badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/jawdropping-view-mars
The Red Planet shines in a new Mars Express image, but Phobos steals the showBad Astronomy Newsletter
wait, so with insurance you pay the company with the expectation that in case something bad happens they cover costs for you and provide some help... but they are allowed to arbitrarily decide whether or not to actually provide anything at each situation, and at any moment cancel your service if they think there is a chance something bad will happen to you (which is the whole point of their service)?
this sounds like a scam
Arty and Tuemescine have been visiting this arcade for a long now, playing games and winning prizes. They’ve spent countless quarters trying to win plushies on the claw machine. Today, however, is different. Arty has been planning this moment for weeks, carefully selecting the bear and customizing its t-shirt to ask the most important question of his life. With a racing heart and a playful grin, he pushed Tuemescine to catch that specific teddy bear.
Little did Tuemescine know that this wasn’t just about winning a plushie, it was about winning a lifelong partner.
Picture for Arty and Tuemescine, the question was asked during Megaplex. He said yes!
They even recorded a video of that moment, when even the picture as a canvas print was given: https://x.com/Tuemescine/status/183.....38357100892227
Digital. Procreate.
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Thank you!
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#furry #fursuit #kemono #fursona #furryfandom #fursuiter #fursuiting #kemonosuit
I think most of us have experienced this.
IN LEAK, FACEBOOK PARTNER BRAGS ABOUT LISTENING TO YOUR PHONE’S MICROPHONE TO SERVE ADS FOR STUFF YOU MENTION
https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-partner-phones-listening-microphone
One of Facebook's alleged marketing partners explained how it listens to users' smartphone microphones and advertises to them accordingly.Noor Al-Sibai (Futurism)
Third iteration of the thing-so-I-don't-injure-myself-holding-just-the-blade thing. Here I've reverted to a simpler shape, and it's helping me figure out where my fingers naturally want to go.
I was thinking about incorporating some sort of sliding mechanism to cover the blade for safety, but I might just print something that this whole tool neatly sits into to tuck the blade away for storage. #3DPrinting
Content warning: Blog Post: What the Dismal Masking Situation at Furry Conventions Says About Us as a Fandom
Content warning: Blog Post: What the Dismal Masking Situation at Furry Conventions Says About Us as a Fandom
Content warning: Blog Post: What the Dismal Masking Situation at Furry Conventions Says About Us as a Fandom
Looking for a monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi technical vibe, serving old school interfaces? Meet Departure Mono. I love it soooo much!
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If you look at the table of contents for my book, Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook, you’ll see that entries on networks before/outside the internet are arranged first by underl…loriemerson
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I think having the main Norwich library as my local library I’m incredibly lucky because it’s always well stocked with new books and open late…but I know you only have to go a mile outside of the city centre and it’s a different story. Its not unusual for young kids living on the estates to hardly ever get into the city, despite living on the doorstep. That’s why these cuts hurt so much.